Blanus alexandri
| Blanus alexandri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertoidea |
| Clade: | Amphisbaenia |
| Family: | Blanidae |
| Genus: | Blanus |
| Species: | B. alexandri
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| Binomial name | |
| Blanus alexandri Sindaco, Kornilios, Sacchi & Lymberakis, 2014
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Blanus alexandri, called Alexander's worm-lizard, is an amphisbaenian species in the family Blanidae. It is endemic in Adana, Hatay, Gaziantep, and Şırnak provinces of Turkey. It was formerly considered a subspecies of Blanus strauchi.[1] It is named in honour of A. Allan Alexander, who studied the species.[2]
References
- ^ Sindaco, Kornilios, Sacchi & Lymberakis, 2014: Taxonomic reassessment of Blanus strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884) (Squamata: Amphisbaenia: Blanidae), with the description of a new species from south-east Anatolia (Turkey). Zootaxa, no 3795 (3), p. 311–326
- ^ "Blanus alexandri | The Reptile Database". reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2015-10-13.